Well, I sure can attest that playing along with the style designers of the PA800 is a very fulfilling journey. I've been in many bands with many great (Berkley grad) musicians and NO ONE, I SAY NO ONE can hold a candle to who plays along with me in that little plastic work of art. Hell, I'm pretty trained myself and it takes me forever to figure out the chords in endings and intros - what a great teaching tool. I disagree that a machine dumbs down a musician.